James Pinhorn is a native of St. John’s, Newfoundland where he appeared frequently on stage and on CBC Radio and Television as a boy soprano and actor.  He moved to Toronto in 1985 and completed a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance at the University of Toronto.  During a year of Special Studies in Elementary Education and Choral Conducting at the University, James served as the Assistant Conductor of the Concert Choir conducted by Doctor Doreen Rao.  During that year he was invited by Dr. Rao to conduct the choir in a performance of Sharon Fragments at a gala concert honouring Canadian composer John Beckwith.  That same year James was invited by Robert Cooper to conduct the back-stage chorus in three performances of Ravel’s ballet Daphnis et Chloe for the National Ballet of Canada.  He served as conductor of the University Chorus at the University of Toronto for two years before accepting the post as conductor of the University Women’s Chorus which he held for 6 years.  James was also a vocal coach for the Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir, and was the guest chorus conductor for Robert Cooper in two performances of the opera Marina for the Opera in Concert Chorus in December of 1996. James has also been invited twice as a presenter for the Ontario Music Educators Association Conference held in Toronto, where he has given presentations on the state of music education in our public schools, on rehearsal techniques for young male singers, and on issues of intellectual copyright. James also had the honour of conducting the Massed Choir for 9 seasons at the Ontario Educational Leadership Centre in the Intermediate Arts Course for Grade Seven students and is currently and Course Administrator there. James Pinhorn is a Secondary music teacher at Agincourt Collegiate Institute in the Toronto District School Board where he teaches both Vocal Music and Computers and Music courses.  The Agincourt Madrigal Singers have won National Gold Awards 6 times, most recently at the 2012 MusicFest Nationals in Toronto, Ontario.  In 2014 The Agincourt Men’s Chorus won the City Of Lincoln prize for Best Male Chorus at the National Kiwanis Festival in British Columbia, and this Spring The Agincourt Madrigals Singers won the Paul J. Bourret Prize for best SATB High School Chorus in The National Kiwanis Music Festival in Edmonton.  In his spare time James composes songs and records them in his home studio.